Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts[s. 52(2)]
1. Prescribing types of child care service and
making different provisions for or in respect of each of those types.
2. Regulating —
(a)
objections to the grant of licences; and
(b) the
surrender of licences.
3. Conferring power on the CEO to conduct any
check (including a criminal record check) that the CEO considers appropriate
as to the character and background of a person for the purpose of determining
whether the person is a fit and proper person to provide or be involved in the
provision of a child care service or to associate with children, as the case
requires.
4. Prescribing matters to which the CEO must have
regard in determining whether a particular person is a fit and proper person
to provide or be involved in the provision of a child care service or to
associate with children, as the case requires.
5. Prescribing the documents (including criminal
record checks) and information to be provided by a person in connection with
an application under this Act or the provision of a child care service, as the
case requires.
6. Requiring a licensee to notify the CEO of
changes in circumstances relating to or affecting the provision of a child
care service including, without limitation, a change of supervising officer or
managerial officer.
7. Providing for and in relation to the approval
of individuals by the CEO for the purposes of section 5A(1)(a)(ii) and
(b)(i), including —
(a) the
making of applications for approval; and
(b)
matters of which the CEO has to be satisfied before giving approval, including
requirements as to the qualifications, training or experience of applicants
for approval; and
(c) the
suspension or cancellation of approval by the State Administrative Tribunal.
8. Providing for and in relation to the nomination
of individuals as supervising officers for the purposes of
section 5A(1)(b)(ii).
9. Regulating the staffing requirements for the
provision of child care services.
10. Conferring power on the CEO to obtain a
criminal record check in relation to any member of the staff of a child care
service.
11. Prescribing requirements as to the health and
safety of children during the provision of child care services.
12. Requiring a licensee or a member of the staff
of a child care service from time to time to undergo medical examinations or
to provide any document (including a criminal record check) or information
relevant to the health and safety of children during the provision of the
child care service.
13. Regulating the building and other physical
environment requirements for the provision of child care services.
14. Regulating programmes of activities and
equipment to be provided in child care services.
15. Regulating the administration of child care
services, the records to be maintained and the returns to be made.
16. Providing for the continued operation of a
child care service in an emergency situation or in circumstances where the
licence relating to the service is suspended or cancelled.
17. Conferring power on the CEO in special
circumstances in particular cases to grant exemptions from provisions of the
regulations for periods specified in the exemptions and to impose conditions
subject to which an exemption applies.
18. Conferring power on, or requiring, the CEO to
notify the parents of children for whom a child care service is provided of
any prescribed matter relating to or affecting the provision of the service.
19. Prescribing fees payable in respect of matters
under this Act including —
(a) fees
for applications; and
(b) fees
by way of penalty for the late lodgment of applications; and
(c) fees
for licences,
and prescribing the persons liable to pay those
fees.
[20. deleted]
21. Establishing a mechanism for the review of the
regulations.
22. Providing for offences against the regulations
and prescribing, in respect of any such offence, a penalty not exceeding a
fine of $6 000.
23. Conferring a right to apply to the State
Administrative Tribunal for a review of a decision of the CEO made under the
regulations.
[Schedule 1 amended by No. 38 of 2011
s. 39.]
